Spinnin' 45s sans Metal
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Submitted by Joe Medallion on Fri, 12/29/2000 - 00:00
The 80s saw the end of the metal medallion as well as the last time the medallion was hidden outside the city of St. Paul (until the green donut hunt of 2004). Maplewood, for one, wasn't too fond of having its Wakefield Park ripped apart for the second time in a dozen years; and diggers weren't all that thrilled with the hi-tech gadgetry that some hunters surveyed the land with. But the best part about medallion history in the 1980s: White Castle found its way into hunt lore.
| Year | General Location | Pinpointed Location | Concealer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Como Park | Near the Schiller Statue | Covered in plaster, made to look like a stone |
| 1981 | Acorn Park | Across the walking path from the skating rink | Stuck between a pair of leaves |
| 1982 | Wakefield Park | Near the sledding hill on Prosperity Ave. | Wrapped in a newspaper |
| 1983 | Phalen Park | Near the picnic pavilion | In a bag of Oreo's; it replaced the filling in one of the cookies |
| 1984 | Newell Park | Near the southeast corner of the park | Attached to a piece of a broken Elvis Presley 45rpm record |
| 1985 | Kellogg Park | Underneath a boulder near the Robert. St. end of the park | Tucked inside a White Castle box |
| 1986 | Highland Park | Near the old Highland Park swimming pool | Inside a pipe cap |
| 1987 | Indian Mounds Park | In the block bordered by Mounds Blvd., Mounds St., and Clemont St. | Hidden in a clump of clay and grass |
| 1988 | Tony Schmidt Park | Between the parking lot and domed shelter across the street from Lake Johanna | Embedded in a chunk of almond bark |
| 1989 | State Capitol Mall | Between the hedges south of Constitution Ave. | In a pair of earmuffs |
